P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Matt Campbell topped the timing sheets for Porsche in free practice 1 at the Circuit of the Americas, for the next round of the FIA World Endurance Championships. The Australian, in the #5 Porsche 963, set a 1:53.574 to go quickest, almost half a second quicker than Robert Kubica in the satellite #83 AF Corse […]
The Australian driver in the #5 Porsche 963 set the fastest time, clocking in at 1:53.574, nearly half a second ahead of Robert Kubica in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P. Oliver Rasmussen in the #38 JOTA Porsche 963 followed closely in third place, just 0.017 seconds slower than Kubica. The session was prolonged by 5 minutes due to two interruptions, one being a technical problem in race control causing a red flag, and the other a full course yellow to recover the #60 Lamborghini Iron Lynx Huracan GT3. Porsches and Ferraris excelled in the session, with the factory #50 and #51 Ferraris finishing fourth and fifth, respectively. Alex Lynn with the #2 Cadillac V-Series.R took sixth, while Kevin Estre in the #6 Porsche finished seventh. The fastest Toyota was the #7 GR010 Hybrid driven by Nyck de Vries in tenth place, over a second slower than the top time set by the Porsche driver. Alessio Rovera led the LMGT3 class with a time of 2:06.253 in the #55 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3, followed by Dennis Olsen in the #88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 and teammate Ben Barker in the #77 Mustang. Practice 2 commences at 5:10pm local time, equivalent to 11:10 in the UK.
